2401 Sydney SHELDON

Date of enlistment	12^th July 1915
Rank at enlistment	Private
Company
Significant events while with the AIF	Hospitalised sick – injured knee

Summary of Private Sheldon’s WW1 service record, located in the National Archives of Australia. Full details are available online, NAA Series B2455

Date	Location	Event
24^th August 1918	Australia	Discharged – medically unfit
22^nd May 1918	Australia	Disembarked HMT Field Marshall
25^th April 1918	South Africa	Embarked on HMT Field Marshall
12^th March 1918	England	Return to Australia on Kenilworth Castle via South Africa
19^th February 1918	England	Marched into Weymouth
14^th August 1917	England	Classified P.B. – permanently unfit for general service but fit for home service
27^th September 1916	England	Marched in to Training Brigade
1^st September 1916	England	Marched in to No.2 Command Depot Weymouth
11^th July 1916	England	Admitted 2^nd Western General Hospital
10^th July 1916	France	Embarked for England at Boulogne on HS St. Dennis
9^th July 1916	France	Admitted No.13 Stationary Hospital Boulogne – synovitis of knee. Fell on boat coming from Australia, twisted knee – knee continually locking. Invalided from Bois Grenier 8^th July after an accident in the trench. Cartlidge
26^th March 1916	France	Disembarked Marseille
19^th March 1916	Egypt	Proceeded to join British Expeditionary Force from Alexandria on the Llandovery Castle
8^th January 1916	Egypt	Taken on Strength, Tel-el-Kabir
25^th October 1915	Egypt	Disembarked Alexandria
29^th September 1915	Australia	Departed Melbourne on RMS Osterley
3^rd August 1915	Australia	Assigned to 5^th Reinforcements 22^nd Battalion
19^th July 1915	Australia	Marched into Broadmeadows depot